Juan, Count of Montizon

Juan, Count of Montizon (15 May 1822-18 November 1887) was the Carlist pretender to the throne of Spain from 13 January 1861 to 3 October 1868, succeeding Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin and preceding Carlos VII of Spain, and the Legitimist pretender to the throne of France from 24 August 1883 to 18 November 1887, succeeding Henri, Count of Chambord and preceding Carlos VII.

Biography
Juan was born in Aranjuez, Spain on 15 May 1822, the son of Infante Carlos, Count of Molina and Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal. In March 1833, the family moved to Portugal, and Carlos attempted to seize the throne of Spain in the First Carlist War, which came to an end in 1839 as a defeat for the Carlists. Juan married Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este and moved to Modena, but they were forced to flee during the Revolutions of 1848. In 1861, after his brother Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin was forced to renounce his claim to the Spanish throne, Juan became the new Carlist claimant to the throne. In 1868, he was forced to abdicate after a defeat in the Third Carlist War, and he died in exile in Hove, England in 1887.